Hardware Development Tools

The following tools are used for hardware development of the OpenServo.

Atmel AVR STK500

• The Atmel AVR STK500 is a complete starter kit and development system for the AVR Flash Microcontroller from Atmel Corporation. It is designed to give designers a quick start to develop code on the AVR, combined with advanced features for using the starter kit to prototyping and testing of new designs. The STK500 functions as both an AVR programmer and development system for me.

Dimax U2C-12 USB-I2C/SPI/GPIO Interface Adapter

• The Dimax U2C-12 provides a low-cost, simple solution to control various hardware devices with I2C, SPI, SMBUS and other serial and parallel interfaces and buses from your PC. This handy little device let's me communicate with the servo directly from my Windows XP development system.

ExpressPCB CAD Software

• ExpressSCH is used to design the OpenServo schematic. ExpressPCB is used to design the PCB. These free programs are fairly basic, but have more than enough functionality for designing the OpenServo. Best of all, very low cost PCBs can be manufactured directly from these programs through the ExpressPCB service.

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